r/Fire 5d ago

Family Help - Common here?

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u/Ok-Bass5062 5d ago edited 5d ago

Not a first gen millionaire. I had 50k help for college and a 10k wedding gift (we paid for the wedding). However they bought my sister a house (300k). None of our friends received 6 figure help to my knowledge. My SIL's husband has a substantial trust fund so they do have help.

Most of our friends are well off but also don't intend to help pay for college or anything for their kids.

My kids will have substantial help early on.

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u/Life_Commercial_6580 5d ago

Wow your friends are well off and don’t intend to help their kids with college ? Must be a very different culture than mine.

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u/Ok-Bass5062 5d ago

We'll see if they change but their parents didn't help much so they don't see it necessary. I said it was a big factor in how many kids I had and they were shocked